Welcome to Aggieland Homeschool Athletics (AHA), we are delighted you have joined us...Aggieland Homeschool Panthers Cross Country is a coed competitive running team for Middle School students (grades 6-8) and High School students (grades 9-12), that are educated at home. We compete in public-, private- , and home-school meets.  

Cross Country running is a unique sport. A sport without half-time, without time outs, and everyone on the team competes. Cross Country is a running sport that takes place outside in the fall part of the year on varying terrains. What makes Cross Country different to any other running competition is the course. Courses could consist of open terrain, grass, mud, sand, and often hills. Cross Country lends itself to team as well as individual sport competition. In the team format, points are rewarded for the position achieved by each member in the overall race.  Scoring is different than any other sport: low score wins. Cross Country races require a mass start for all race competitors which leads directly to a narrow terrain. Each team is allotted an equal amount of space along the starting line. Usually the top seven runners compete at Varsity level and the remaining of the team compete at Junior Varsity. 

Race Distances

Varsity Boys: 5k (3.1 miles)

Junior Varsity Boys: 2mi or 5k, depending the meet

Varsity Girls: 2mi or 5k, depending the meet

Junior Varsity Girls: 2 miles

Middle School Boys & Girls: 2 miles

Practice times:

We will start practices for the 2021 season on Monday, July 12th and will practice Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 6:30AM until further notice.  

We will start with 3 practices per week, at 6:30am.  We be varying training sites and times throughout the season based on training need and will communicate those updates as the season progresses.

Beginning the week of August 30, practices will be Monday, Wednesday, Thursdays.  Same time 6:30AM, at various locations as announced week by week.
 

Locations for practice:

Training locations will vary depending on the type of workout.  We will vary the location to take advantage of different terrain (hills vs flat), surface type (concrete vs cinder track/trail), purpose (short intervals needing a track vs long days needing variety), etc.  The reason for diverse training venues is 1) variety - to make practices interesting, and 2) we compete on diverse courses.  Practice sites will be on the website and we will send reminders of changes.  The list of sites we will use include:

• Texas A&M University Research Park - on Technology Loop beside the ponds
• Tanglewood Park - 3901 Carter Creek Parkway (north side near tennis courts)
• Lick Creek Park - 13600 Rock Prairie Road
• Wolf Pen Creek Park - 2275 Dartmouth (festival site above amphitheater - parking in lot at corner of Colgate and Dartmouth behind senior center)
• The Stella Hotel - 4100 Lake Atlas Dr (near intersection of S Traditions Dr and HSC Pkwy)